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Gov. Terry McAuliffe spoke to an area group of bankers and business people today on the 23rd floor of the Richmond Federal Reserve building. And I'm going to warn you, there's not a ton of news here, so if you've heard the governor say "New Virginia Economy" more than, say, a dozen times, you might just move along. That said, did you know the Richmond federal reserve building was designed by Minoru Yamasaki, the same person who designed the World Trade Center? They look quite similar. The governor said he's signed about 250 bills so far, though communications director Brian Coy chimed in and said it's more like 300....

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Gov. Terry McAuliffe spoke to an area group of bankers and business people today on the 23rd floor of the Richmond Federal Reserve building.
And I'm going to warn you, there's not a ton of news here, so if you've heard the governor say "New...

Gov. Terry McAuliffe will head to Cuba later this year as political and business leaders jockey for economic position on the island with an expectation that U.S.-Cuban relations will continue to thaw.
McAuliffe announced his trip Tuesday afternoon...

Sen. Mark Warner spent the long Presidents' Day weekend away -- in Cuba.
He was looking for trade and cultural exchange opportunities for Virginia, but has posted a couple of photos, which you can see here.
Warner traveled with Sen. Amy Klobuchar,...

Dishes from Puerto Rico, Cuba and Central America are the specialities of the house at the Mambo Grill in Newport News.Owner Yoan Alvarez was raised in Puerto Rico and lived in Miami before moving to Hampton Roads. He says the lower Peninsula seemed the...

NEWPORT NEWS — Fifty years ago today the largest dry dock in the world filled with water from the James River, setting afloat the world's largest ship and first nuclear-powered aircraft carrier. At 10:30 a.m. on Sept. 24, 1960, Mrs. William B. Franke,...

MIAMI The latest round in the U.S.-Cuba rapprochement gets underway Tuesday when the two countries meet in Washington to discuss the potentially divisive issue of human rights. A State Department spokesperson said the two sides will "discuss...

The smell of Cuban coffee drifts from the kitchen as Carolyn Chester digs through photos, faded with age, that fill four boxes spread across the dining table. Friends linked arm-in-arm on the sands of a Cuban beach. Men in suits and women in evening gowns...

A delegation of U.S. telecommunication officials is in Havana to meet with their Cuban counterparts as part of talks to restore full diplomatic relations between the countries. A Cuban government statement says Daniel Sepulveda, the U.S. coordinator for...

The Florida Senate voted overwhelmingly Tuesday to send President Barack Obama a message that it opposes his decision to renew diplomatic relations with Cuba. The three-page message to Obama and Congress expresses "profound disagreement" with...

Bookings to Cuba jumped 57 percent for one New York tour operator in the weeks after Washington said it would renew ties with Havana. In February, they were up 187 percent; and so far this month, nearly 250 percent. The boom is just one sign that the rush...

It has been a strange few days for U.S.-Cuba relations that are meant to be on the mend. First, the two sides emerged from surprise talks in Havana on Monday with nothing to say about progress toward reopening embassies after more than a half-century...

Old Havana's Museum of Metalwork is home to soaring colonial archways, galleries of gleaming artworks and five of the world's luckiest street dogs.
In the heat of the day, Vladimir, Canela, Aparicio, Leon and Carinoso sprawl in the grand entrance of...

A third round of negotiations over the restoration of full diplomatic relations ended after a day of talks, Cuban and U.S. officials said Tuesday. Hours later, Cuban President Raul Castro delivered a toughly worded attack on the United States for...

The coaches of the New York Cosmos and Cuba's national soccer teams jointly announced Monday they will play a June 2 match in Havana. The announcement comes amid talks by Washington and Havana to work toward the restoration of diplomatic relations between...

BOGOTA, Colombia As government and guerrilla negotiators begin the 34th round of peace talks in Cuba on Tuesday in hopes of ending Colombia's half-century conflict, they're going to have a powerful force behind them: momentum. In the last several...

Assistant Secretary of State for Western Hemisphere Affairs Roberta S. Jacobson was in Havana on Monday for more talks aimed at renewing diplomatic relations between the United States and Cuba and opening embassies. The talks were to take place on...

Miami-based Havana Air is expanding its operations to include Key West. The airline had been flying preapproved passengers between Miami and Havana for the last 18 months. Its first flights from Key West to Havana took off on Friday. CEO David Nesslein...

MIAMI Assistant Secretary of State for Western Hemisphere Affairs Roberta S. Jacobson heads to Havana on Sunday for more talks aimed at renewing diplomatic relations between the United States and Cuba and opening embassies. The talks will take place...

President Barack Obama's attempt to mend relations with Cuba while simultaneously turning the screws on Venezuela, Havana's closest ally, is making for some fascinating triangular diplomacy.
Late Monday night, after Venezuelan President Nicolás...

Rob Manfred says Major League Baseball is talking with the U.S. government about playing exhibition games in Cuba. President Barack Obama said in December the U.S. was re-establishing relations with the communist island nation. "I can envision a...